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IX.7.18 Pompeii. December
2007. Entrance doorway, looking east.

IX.7.18 Pompeii. May 2005.
Entrance, looking east across the shop towards the area of a rear room.
According to Mau, the rear room (room e in IX.7.19) was a cubiculum.
He also stated that he thought originally in ancient times
the shop, at the front of the photo, would have been closed from the street.
The shop is also described as room d in IX.7.19.
The doorsteps of both doorways, IX.7.18 and IX.7.19 were
missing when excavated.
It was not known what items were sold in the shop whose
walls were covered with white stucco.
Above the entrance, Mau could see a red band which was the
remains of a decoration from the Ist
style.
See BdI, p.78-9

IX.7.18 Pompeii. December
2007. Looking east across shop towards rear room.
According to Eschebach, on the left would have been the
stairs to the upper floor.
A doorway in the rear room would have led into the atrium
of IX.7.19.
See Eschebach,
L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan
der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.434)